How do I keep Office from hanging up when saving to diskette?

[jrobbie]

After last Microsoft Windows 2000 update, my office 2000 applications started
to lock up my PC anytime I save a file to diskette. Has anyone else had this
problem? I thought my AntiVirus software (Norton Corporate Edition) could be
causing, but still have problem when it is disabled.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

J

It is never a good idea to save directly to a diskette.. save to the hard
drive first.. also, format the diskette before re-use..

 

[Bob I]

Yes there is a bug in the last Windows 2000 update that caused that. And
as Mike H says, you should not be working directly to and from the
floppy in Office as that's just a data loss waiting to happen.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You will need to rerun the post SP-4 update for Windows 2000 - the bug has
been fixed, as I understand.

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| After last Microsoft Windows 2000 update, my office 2000 applications
started
| to lock up my PC anytime I save a file to diskette. Has anyone else had
this
| problem? I thought my AntiVirus software (Norton Corporate Edition) could
be
| causing, but still have problem when it is disabled.
|
| Thanks for your help.

 

[Opinicus]

How do we convince MS to prevent Office programs from
directly saving data to floppies?

At the very least, users should be warned about the risks.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

How do we teach people using the programs not to save data directly to a
floppy? One task might be as challenging as the other. :-(

 

[Stretch]

Hi JoAnn
good point! User must first read the instructions.

We are having this problem with Word and Excel in Office 2003, XP. I have
heard that unmapping unavailable drives fixes this, but I have several drives
mapped and use them all. is there a fix for this from Microsoft?

Stretch

How do we teach people using the programs not to save data directly to a
floppy? One task might be as challenging as the other. :-(

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

How do we convince MS to prevent Office programs from directly saving data
to floppies?

At the very least, users should be warned about the risks.

--
Bob

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